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A re-examination of the relation between democracy and international trade: The case of Africa

Balding, Christopher - 2011

Scholars and policy makers believe that democracy will bring prosperity through integration into the global economy via … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I …, importers and exporters. I find the theory that democracy, and many of its components, promotes international trade unconvincing …

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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355

The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...

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The political economy of China's aid policy in Africa

Pehnelt, Gernot - 2007

In recent years, China has become a major power on the African continent, not only with respect to trade and investment, but also as a donor of development aid. Although there is no accurate measure of the exact size of China's aid program, since China rather underestimates the volume in...

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African Agency and EU-African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Spectrum 49 (2014) 3, pp. 149-155

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade …

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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2011

Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...

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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach

Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2012

The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world. This study uses country-level data to model changes in forest area over an 18 year period (1990-2007) in 35 African countries and investigates the role played by important...

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Aid and the environment in Africa: A synthesis of eight case studies

Muchapondwa, Edwin - 2014

This study seeks to understand what aid flows have been doing to the environment in eight countries in Eastern, Western … environmental conditions as long as mainstreaming of either biodiversity or climate change or desertification or the environment …

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Environmental sanitation practices in Osogbo, Nigeria: An assessment of residents' sprucing-up of their living environment

Daramola, Oluwole; Olowoporoku, Oluwaseun - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 16 (2016) 4, pp. 699-716

This paper examined residents' environmental sanitation practices across different residential zones of Osogbo, Nigeria. The stratified residential zones are the traditional zone, the transition zone and the sub-urban zone. A total of 194 residents were selected for survey using systematically...

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The comparative sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

Motivated by sustainable development challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, this study assesses the comparative persistence of environmental unsustainability in a sample of 44 countries in the sub-region for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. Of...

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Environmental integrity and doing business in Zimbabwe: Challenges and engagement of sustainable enterprises

De Gobbi, Maria Sabrina - 2020

Zimbabwe has a wealth of natural resources and is rich in biodiversity. The national Government is trying to achieve private sector led economic growth and the challenge to pursue both economic development and sound environmental management at the same time appears clear. The objective of this...

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